It was so hot here in San Diego this past weekend that my baking plans flew out the window. Instead, I indulged on sweet treats of ice cream, lots of different fruit, and pandan flavored soybean pudding!
Soy bean pudding, also known as Dou Hua was one of my favorite cold treats growing up. It’s also a healthy alternative to some other cold sweet treats. Dou Hua is a type of tofu. By itself, it really has no flavor. It is usually served with a syrup with crushed ginger. Eaten together, it tastes a lot like the soybean milk drink. I usually buy mine at Ranch 99, and the containers usually look something like this:
The tofu is usually in a big container, with a small container of syrup on top. It’s usually found in the refrigerator section of chinese supermarkets, near the milk and soybean drinks.
Normally, the tofu is a normal off-white tofu color. However, the pandan flavored one is a pretty light green. I’ve always eaten the regular one, but decided to change things up a bit. Especially because I really like the light green color. It tasted almost the same. I couldn’t really taste the pandan. But it still tasted good.
I buy mine from a small company that makes it on premises. The regular tofu comes with the sugar- ginger mix. The pandan gets an extra scoop of coconut milk with tapioca inside. It’s way better at the same cost.
sounds delicious!
Hi Carolyn- I noticed the pandan flavor one a few years ago, but I was hesitant to try it. I’m glad I finally did though.
Have never had this, but I do love the ginger-syrup version. I’ll have to look for it the next time I’m at 99 Ranch. Thanks for the tip!
What a coincidence! I bought mine last Sunday. Ate a bunch them. Then when doing this post last night, couldn’t resist eating more. I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t notice the taste difference. A few weeks ago I bought a coconut flavored one. I could taste the coconut flavoring in that one.
Ha! I bought a container of this at 99Ranch last Friday, Kirbie. Finished it last night. It was wonderful. I could not tell any difference in taste either. Guess next time it will be a side by side comparison.